Immigration Activists Shift Focus to Obama

Impatient for an immigration overhaul, many U.S. activists are shifting their focus from Congress to President Barack Obama, whom they blame for a deportation policy that has been removing immigrants from the country at the rate of about 1,100 a day, substantially more than under the Bush administration.

Immigrant and civil-rights organizations converged in Phoenix over the weekend to plan their next steps, which they say likely could include lawsuits, acts of civil disobedience and protests, similar to Friday's actions...